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Student Life

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Students of the University of Houston

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The Houstonian is the official yearbook of the University of Houston.

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University of Houston

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Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries

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Transcript

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yy ith commuters making up a
large percentage of the students, approximately 30,000 of them, they
have their own set of problems,
seperate from those students who
live on campus.
The most visible problem was
parking, with fewer spaces than students. Another problem was traffic.
With plenty of time to kill on the
busy roads of Houston at rush-
hours, students found themselves
with too much time on their mind
and not enough to do to pass the
time while the cars sit next to their
cars on the freeways.
Aida Rivas, a junior Spanish major, who lives off campus, cited the
on-going road construction
throughout the city as a source of
frustration. As far as getting involved in campus activities, she said
it is more difficult for a student who
does not live on campus.
"I'm not around campus all of the
time to hear by word of mouth, or
to check out the posters on the
boards in different buildings."
However, according to most students not living on campus does not
affect making friends, since they
meet people in classes or in groups
they are in.
According to Aida, "making
friends all depends on the person."
Jimmy Babb, a senior finance major, lived on campus for three years
before moving into his own apart
ment. He said, he does not have a
problem with getting involved,
since he had become involved in
most things before he moved off
campus. But he said he could see
how a freshman or sophomore who
did not live on campus would have
problems.
Babb said the biggest problem he
sees is that it's difficult to get together to do a group project since
people live in so many different directions outside of the city.
"It gets to be a hassle sometimes
to get everybody together," he said.
"It causes a lot of problems."
-Marjorie Goodman
he Shuttle Bus took students to different campus locations. Photo by Stephen Harvey.
Students, who got to school early in order to get
a parking space, sometimes studied in their car
before going to class. Photo by Manuel Esparza.
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